For many students of the Bible, learning the Bible languages is an unfortunate trial on the way to a degree. But a few of us take seriously Luther’s claim that “we shall not long preserve the Gospel without languages. Languages are the sheath in which this sword of the Spirit is contained. They are the case … Continue reading A Review of Hebrew and Greek Reader’s Bibles
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Buy from Indigo.ca Buy from Amazon.com Can God be known through reason or our experience? If so, what can be said about him? These questions are at the heart of the endeavour of natural religion (known today as natural theology), and so are the subject David Hume’s posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779). … Continue reading Review of Dialogue’s Concerning Natural Religion
Buy from WTS Books According to some statistics, the average American Christian spends half of their week engaged with one form of media or another (34-35). Considering nothing more, the sheer amount of time spent immersed in media ought to get our attention and lead thoughtful believers to think upon the way their media habits … Continue reading Review of Media, Journalism, and Communication
Buy from WTS Books The concept of “city” has long been of interest to theologians and biblical scholars, from Augustine’s apology for the destruction of Rome and account of the war between the City of man and the City of God (The City of God) to contemporary interest in cities among Christian sociologists (e.g. Jacques … Continue reading Review of The City of God and the Goal of Creation
I understand that polemics bring with them many difficulties. As a polemic, Olson's book inherits all the difficulties of the genre. It can be struggle to simultaneously critique a position while proposing an alternative and maintaining a gracious tone throughout. In the opinion of this reviewer, Olson does not succeed on any of these counts. … Continue reading Review of Against Calvinism by Roger E. Olson